Youtube used to be a great platform even with the Google predatory censorship.
In the last year, I find myself using Youtube less and less. The recommended videos seem to be unrelated to videos I watch. And it’s starting to give off TikTok short attention span vibes with its “Shorts” feature that was introduced recently. And many of channels I subscribed to now are all creating clickbait Titles and Thumbnails to compete for peoples attention.
Youtube was so much better when creators were authentic and were not trying to game the algorithm in their favour.
I think this is why I find myself using Nostr more and more. I just want to be surrounded by authentic people.
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Some content is still usefull but I refuse to see 15 second ads for the 10 seconds of the video I need. I only watch YT via NewPipe on my android.
If I really like to the content I like for a way to contribute to the creator outside of YouTube. Pretty much how zaps work. Nostr really is the future.
I use Odysee now
It seems like gaming for algorithms lessens the value and leads to shallowness. Right?
Yeh I guess thats what I was trying to say.
I use 'NewPipe' and like that can curate my YouTube experience very independently, don't see all the trendy stuff. Only runs on Android.
Interesting not heard of this before
Try it, you'll be amazed. FOSS software from the F-Droid store. No ads. Downloadable videos and audios. No Google account.
I am an apple user unfortunately. 😢
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Ayayay ... missing out on some digital freedom then ;)